Bible in One Year

Chapters 5--7 record the Sermon on the Mount. It is important that we have a total view of this important sermon before we attempt to study the various divisions of…

MATTHEW 1--4 As we begin our study in the New Testament, it is very necessary that we understand Matthew's relationship to the other Gospels. Matthew is Jewish, and presents Christ…

Malachi means "my messenger." The prophecy of Malachi emphasizes the Day of the Lord, with its judgment of the wicked and the deliverance of a righteous remnant from the sinful…

Questions about fasting arise in chapters 7 and 8. Fasting on the Day of Atonement was the only required fast, but the Jews fasted to remember fallen Jerusalem. Why fast…

Zechariah ministered with Haggai during the difficult days when 50,000 Jews had returned to Palestine to reestablish their city and their Temple worship. The remnant went back in 536 b.c.,…

Zephaniah was no ordinary preacher. He was a great, great grandson of King Hezekiah, one of Judah's most famous rulers. He was of the royal line but, more important, he…

Nahum wrote concerning the future destruction of Nineveh. The book was written at a time when Assyria was at the very peak of her power. No man would have dreamed…

Chapter 5 speaks of Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus. It was this prophecy in Micah that led the wise men to Jesus. Of course, the Jews rejected their Prince of…

Micah was a contemporary of Isaiah, and prophesied during the reigns of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah. Jotham and Hezekiah were good kings who helped the nation, but Ahaz was a…

The Book of Obadiah is the shortest book in the Bible (21 verses), written by Obadiah, whose name means "the servant of the Lord." It was written about 586 b.c.,…